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MEA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose primary mission is to work with veterans and their families to publish short stories, essays, poems, and artwork in our bi-annual publication, As You Were: The Military Review, periodic editions of Blue Nostalgia: The Journal of Post-Traumatic Growth and others. Each author or poet that submits work to us is afforded the chance to work one-on-one with a mentor to polish their work or learn new skills and techniques.

Our staff is based all over the country and includes college professors, professional authors, veterans’ advocates, and clinicians. As such, most of our services are provided through email and online writing workshops.

All editing, consultations, and workshops are free of charge. Veterans and their families pay nothing for our services, and they never will.

Under our Publications tab, there are more than a dozen volumes of creative work crafted by veterans and their family members as well as a virtual art gallery. Our blog posts feature short pieces that cover a wide range of opinion editorials, literary reviews, and profiles on veteran artists and writers.

Please consider spending some time navigating our site and reading and seeing the fine work of veterans and their families from around the globe.

Book Review: Untold Stories from Iraq and Afghanistan, by Clayton D. Murwin

Clayton D. Murwin serves as the sketch artist for The Journal of Military Experience. He is also the founder of the non-profit organization Heroes Fallen Studios who spends his free time creating portraits of the fallen for Gold Star Families. The third volume of the JME will be a collaborative effort with Heroes Fallen Studios’ Untold Stories from Iraq and Afghanistan, a compilation of veterans’ stories transformed in graphic art by leaders in the industry.

What follows is a sample from the first volume of Untold Stories provided to fans of the JME free of charge. We at the JME hope you enjoy the work and will consider supporting their cause by purchasing a copy of the first volume. To learn more about Untold Stories from Iraq and Afghanistan click on the link or any of the images below:

“This is a true story based on Master SGT CJ Grishams personal account from one of his many tours in Iraq. The Cover art for the book was done by Nathan Thomas Milliner, with the forward by Larry Hama a Vietnam veteran and and GI Joe creator. Script was done by Tomm Gabbard, Pencil art & Inks by Joshua Labello, and lettering by Johnny Lowe. This is a heart felt story presented by MSGT Grisham who was a FSGT at the time these events occurred.It is his personal story of how he nearly Lost his Soul! Also you will see a few pinups that are also in the book. Also a Tribute to SPC Cody Grater who we honored in Volume one. And the back cover of the book is an ad for Force protection Industries with out whom this book would not have been published because the donated the entire amount we needed for printing cost. So I hope you enjoy this small sampling of our publication done to give our troops a voice and help try and bridge the gap between both civilian and military cultures.” –Clayton D. Murwin